The Language Culture of Thai Monks

Abstract

This academic article aims to study the Culture use of language of Buddhist Monks in a formal way. By studying information from official documents, the results of the study found that Culture use of language of Buddhist Monks similar to the culture of using the language of people in the royal court, that is, using royal language with  the His Holiness the Supreme Patriarch.In addition, the language culture of monks is similar to the language culture of civil servants, which shows the difference between elder and junior, as can be seen from the use of words in conversations with monks of different ranks namely Supreme Patriarch and senior monksinthe class, Pra Raja Kana Chan Choa Kana Rong, Senior monks in the class of Pra Raja Kana Chan Dham, Senior monks in the class of Pra Raja Kana Chen Thep, Senior monks in the class of Raja, and Senior monks in the class of Saman.The results of the study also show that the language culture of monks allows for the use of many words, depending on the occasion, appropriateness, and time of conversation.